Emergencies and Priorities: A Care Approach for Asylum Seekers
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Asylum seekers, care approach, emergency intervention, social services, medical services, partnerships, group talks, individual consultations, accompaniment of medical staff, health problems, sequelae, trauma, exchange spaces
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This document outlines a care approach for asylum seekers, focusing on emergencies and priorities. It highlights the need for partnerships between medical and social services to improve care. The approach includes informal interviews, group talks, and individual consultations to address the needs of residents. It also emphasizes the importance of accompaniment of medical staff and the need to detect potential sequelae and avoid health problems.
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[...] She highlights the influence of traumatic stories and violent narratives on the mental state of the accompanying staff. I was able to notice that interviews with certain residents can be disturbing or even traumatic for social workers and that it is important to be able to share these experiences with qualified staff or create exchange spaces. My research has allowed me to be inspired by other initiatives and to identify the major problems of the CADA. They have served as a basis for my analysis of needs. C. [...]
[...] In terms of material, a vehicle has been made available to the educational team in order to be able to carry out more frequent VADs among residents who do not wish to move to the center. New work resources can also be considered through activities proposed by CADA members to mobilize these individuals. Beyond the recommendations for the team, guidelines have been established for the follow-up of residents in their medical care. An individualized follow-up I highlighted the need for a partnership with specialized medical units in the care of asylum seekers. [...]
[...] For the majority, the problem encountered was related to comprehension. The groups being led in French and English, it does not allow those who do not sufficiently master these languages to participate actively, which explains their departure. Currently, as of October participants still attend the expression group with a majority being followed up, which shows a certain continuity in the center's action and in the partnership with the mobile unit months after the start of the project, and this despite the departure of several social workers from the CADA related to the initiative. [...]
[...] In all cases, the CADA is a chance to make a stop in a often eventful migratory journey and to find assistance in complex administrative procedures. However, some residents Consider the CADA as a control center before being an assistance center. They maintain an ambivalent relationship with the structure but are generally aware that it is an opportunity that others do not have access to6. What emerged from my observations is that asylum seekers first feel a sense of relief when they arrive at the CADA because their minimum needs are guaranteed in terms of food, care and accommodation. [...]
[...] Some interpret them as constrained actions in a forced inaction. Thus, moral disorders linked to inactivity come, involuntarily, to complete the physical disorders. Thus, I have found that the psychological accompaniment of residents seemed essential and that even if CADA already maintained a network of associative partners in the medical and therapeutic field with associative meetings around the valorization of volunteering, new partnerships were to be found. Emergence of work axes Faced with the observation of work dynamics and the urgency of access to individual care, several lines of work have emerged highlighting the need for partnerships to allow better care for residents. [...]
